Satellite observations of snowfall regimes over the Greenland Ice Sheet

McIlhattan, Elin A.; Pettersen, Claire; Wood, Norman B.; L'Ecuyer, Tristan S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4379-2020

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Satellite observations of snowfall regimes over the Greenland Ice Sheet

Elin A. McIlhattan, Claire Pettersen, Norman B. Wood, and Tristan S. L'Ecuyer

Elin A. McIlhattan

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

mcilhattan@wisc.edu

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6614-212X

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Claire Pettersen

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8685-6242

Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Norman B. Wood

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8228-3910

Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Tristan S. L'Ecuyer

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7584-4836

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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Temporal variability in snow accumulation and density at Summit Camp, Greenland ice sheet I. Howat 10.1017/jog.2022.21
Multi‐Year Analysis of Rain‐Snow Levels at Marquette, Michigan J. Shates et al. 10.1029/2022JD037132
Controls on surface aerosol particle number concentrations and aerosol-limited cloud regimes over the central Greenland Ice Sheet H. Guy et al. 10.5194/acp-21-15351-2021
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Snowfall builds the mass of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) and reduces melt by brightening the surface. We present satellite observations of GrIS snowfall events divided into two regimes: those coincident with ice clouds and those coincident with mixed-phase clouds. Snowfall from ice clouds plays the dominant role in building the GrIS, producing ~ 80 % of total accumulation. The two regimes have similar snowfall frequency in summer, brightening the surface when solar insolation is at its peak.

Snowfall builds the mass of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) and reduces melt by brightening the...